Re: [PATCH v3 1/4] mm: Introduce vm_uffd_ops API

[David Hildenbrand]

On 30.09.25 12:07, Mike Rapoport wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 30, 2025 at 11:36:53AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> > On 26.09.25 23:16, Peter Xu wrote:
> > > +	/**
> > > +	 * uffd_get_folio: Handler to resolve UFFDIO_CONTINUE request.
> >
> > Just wondering if we could incorporate the "continue" / "minor" aspect into
> > the callback name.
> >
> > uffd_minor_get_folio / uffd_continue_get_folio
> >
> > Or do you see use of that callback in the context of other uffd features?
>
> If someone picks the gauntlet of refactoring the loop in mcopy_atomic()
> we'd need a similar callback for uffd copy. And as I see it it would be
> different enough to warrant emphasizing minor/continue in the name here.
>
> I also think we can drop uffd_ prefix for the callback, as it's called as
> uffd_ops->get_folio() or whatever it's be called.

Agreed. I got annoyed yesterday when typing vma->vm_mm often enough 
(vma->mm! ).

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Cheers

David / dhildenb